Can Kamala Harris save America?
The vice-president is the Democrats’ last best hope of beating Donald Trump.
ByPresidential Election 2024
Joe Biden inflicted avoidable chaos on the Democrats
The US president’s substantial patriotism was ultimately outweighed by his vanity.
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The long shadow of JFK
From the Kennedy assassination to Trump, America is a land of conspiracies.
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The lure of political killing
From the Roman empire to Bolshevik Russia, the past shows how assassination fails to halt a society’s drift towards authoritarianism.
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America on the brink
How the attempt on Trump’s life will deepen the country’s bitter divides.
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The shot seen round the world
The photograph of a bloodied Trump has turned him into a hero and captured the carnage of American politics.
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Hillbilly energy
Newly announced as Trump’s running mate, JD Vance has become a powerful voice in the new American right.
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The Democrats’ appalling judgement
By sticking with Joe Biden, the party has shown how arrogant and out of touch it is.
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Waging lawfare against Trump will not end well for Democrats
Progressives must speak out against partiality in the legal process and the endless persecution of the former president.
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Anatomy of The Godfather candidate
How Donald Trump used show business to overwhelm America.
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The unlikely alliance of Robert F Kennedy Jr and Russell Brand
Any ambition RFK had to be taken seriously has been undermined by his adoption of Brand as a quasi-sidekick.
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The battle for the worst job in America
Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president will be the candidate who can most thoroughly abase themselves before him.
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Rage and conspiracy on Trump’s trail
At a rally in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, a fervid former president kept his audience rapt. Suburbs like this will soon decide…
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No country for old men?
As a Trump vs Biden rematch looms, the US prepares for a second term with an octogenarian in the Oval…
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Joe Biden’s border problem
A former hotel in New York holds the clue to what might end the incumbent’s presidency.
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Donald Trump and the art of cruelty
Unlike his rivals, the former president knows how to make punitive vengeance fun.
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Can Trump be stopped?
Winning the New Hampshire primary attests to the former president’s enduring grip on the Republican base.
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Is a Kamalaissance possible?
The vice president has neutralised her critics while making a case for Biden with young, Black and female voters.
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Too online, too rigid, too weird: why Ron DeSantis failed
The presidential hopeful was the darling of the intellectual right – that was his problem.
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Donald Trump and the politics of retribution
After his emphatic victory in the Iowa Republican primary, the former president believes he is destined for a second term.…
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